GoPro Hero 13 Black Review! - NEW Features Explained + Sample Footage!

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00:00 - Intro / Overview
01:00 - Pricing
01:13 - Hardware / Battery / Overheating
07:38 - Magnetic Quick Release Mount
09:02 - Ultra wide Lens vs Max Lens Mod 2.0
11:52 - Macro Lens / Focus Peaking
13:33 - ND Filter Set / Smart Metering
15:35 - Anamorphic Lens
16:54 - HB Lens Compatibility
17:24 - Final Thoughts / What’s Missing?

[musings]

What we wanted:
1. Bigger Sensor
2. Better Low Light Performance
What we got?
1. More Lenses
2. Non Backward Compatibility to older batteries.

[johnwick]

will save all the trouble
Summary = no upgrades except lens 😂

[ziyansanmgr]

What we wanted:
1. Bigger Sensor
2. Better Low Light Performance
3. Fast charging
4. More rugged battery which don't get puffed up
5. Better video quality rather than oil painted looking like low quality videos
6. Some more free Accessories like DJI case and underwater case
7. Reliability
8. Don't have to set the date again and again its annoying
9. improved Bluetooth mic connectivity
10. smaller and secure mic adapter which wont make the Shit pro heavy and vulnerable to water and dust.
What we got?
1. Gimmicky Lenses...
2. Non Backward Compatibility to older batteries...

[planetguam]

Just stopped by to say “Too late GoPro, gave you four years to get it right.” Even with the 13 you still don’t get it. “Low light, less glitches, and no overheating.” All things DJI took care of. I went to a company, even if I’m not thrilled it’s a Chinese one, that listens and most of all that delivers. So, GoPro you can keep your useless add ons and ridiculous, expensive prices and find yourself a new CEO that actually listens to their customers.

[bobs-Videos]

Did a nice job. An "under-the-hood" feature no reviewer has talked about is the built-in timecode for multicam projects. I do use this for all my projects with the QRcontrol app to sync all at the beginning of a shoot. It makes it easy to then sync in post. I also have used a "pre-post" software called Multi-View HD Pro 2, which allows viewing up to 8 simultaneous videos, in sync, in various sizes and on different screens. It's ability to do all this without waiting for rendering or building proxies is pretty amazing.

[dorofteimarius]

GoPro...sorry but your time is up, when the old Action 4 is better than the new Hero 13, you gotta start realising that you messed up… NOT gonna upgrade my gopro 9 for gopro 13. Now waiting for osmo action5…

[raffybm]

Im so happy i sold my gopro and switched to Insta360 ace pro as most of my filming on night scenarios

[EspenJohan]

Here GoPro disappointed, this is just a new design, GPS and slightly better battery life. I don't understand why they do this?. Are they trying to dethrone themselves?Well I hope they sell well, we need GoPro. They have been leading, but not anymore. Unfortunately

[marioplus]

Disappointed. A new battery format= a new charger :( No improvement in low light, which I consider most to be done. Staying with my GP12, as for now[and then ;) ] edit- and it means a new set of batteries😡 can I exchange 5 of mine into new ones, GoPro?

[The.JZA.]

DJI Action 5 Pro is coming out in less than a week (according to rumours) so hold off and get that if you want a better action camera with a much larger sensor.

[DigiDriftZone]

So it's still a 1/1.9" sensor? - so it doesn't even compete with the 1/1.3" ones you find on most small cameras, drones, phones, etc for a year now?

[beyondfashion]

Hi Dave, your videos are always high quality and content is definitely informative as always. Keep up the great work 💪 watching from South Africa 🇿🇦 Cape Town

[dantemclalla]

GoPro is unable to introduce real improvements…the sensor - which is the reason why GoPro lags behind the competition - is still the same! Changing lenses on an action camera is useless as it conflicts with the very nature of action cameras. Insta360 and DJI are way better

[NorthToSouthNTS]

Still No bigger sensor
Still Bad in low light

Waiting for Ace Pro II

[catchingavocados]

What are your thoughts on Ace Pro low light performance while running? Is it good enough that it would edge out GoPro hero 13?

[Userq]

All of this are accesories! They can make them work 100% on the 12 with a firmware uppdate! But they won't do that thinking people are gonna buy the 13! But this will just desapoint the fans even more!

[carmepla]

Love what they've done with the mount, it really looks like the best of both worlds!!! Well done 👏 And that macro lens looks like very useful for normal traveling situations

[JeffPelletier]

Interesting that the Macro lens fits the older models. This makes me think a firmware update could be coming to allow for backwards compatibility.

If that was the case, then this may be the first upgrade that I skip in quite a few years! Because that macro lens is a killer feature.

[Kodachrome]

Whenever a new GoPro hits the market, Costco releases the older model with a bunch of accessories as a kit at a low price.

[runkostyan]

I continue to use my GoPro 10 with additional enduro batteries with a charger and accessories. Everything that came out newer than 11, 12, 13 is just minor improvements (and in the case of 12, the lack of GPS is even worse). The quality of version 10 in most shooting scenarios is no different from any newer version. In the dark, all action cameras shoot terribly, they are not designed for this. Thanks for the review!